Second Chance Idol - Topic 2 - Look Out

[malruniel11]

There comes a time when the home you return to is not the home you left. Or maybe it is, and that's exactly the trouble. While you move on and build yourself and your life outside of your family bubble, you return periodically to touch base, to visit, to reconnect with what you see as "home

Comments

[whipchick]

Yep. (nodding). And now I'm running into a weird space where my home has roommates who live there more than I do, and it's hard to feel like it's my home.

[myrna_bird]

nodding also. Yes, so true. A subtle transition happens. I think it emphasizes the old saying that Home is Where the Heart Is. Home means different things to people.

[alycewilson]

They say you can't go back again. I think it's because you're not the same person any more.

[halfshellvenus]

Very apt way of putting it. "Back" becomes memories and a feeling, but it's not really a 'place' so much as a series of points in time.

Loved this bittersweet story.

[shanns_ljidol]

This is so right. I have never felt at home where I live even though I lived here or within a couple of hours from here my whole life. Where I do feel at home is 12 hours away and I have never lived there. I will though. One day.

[nancytoday]

This is so true, so well written, so well thought out. I'm going to share this. Thanks for writing so well for us.